Prenatal Psyche

Through most of the 20th Century, neither medicine nor psychology provided an accurate understanding of the nature of babies in the womb or babies at birth. Perhaps the most fundamental misconception was that brains were the only measure of mind, self and soul. The prevailing view for a hundred years held that brains of prenates and neonates were insufficient to support cognitive, emotional, or perceptual activity.

Through most of the 20th Century, neither medicine nor psychology provided an accurate understanding of the nature of babies in the womb or babies at birth. Perhaps the most fundamental misconception was that brains were the only measure of mind, self and soul.